While countries like in the @EU_Commission have in the last decade tried to placate China in order to do business and thus let their guard down, the Chinese regime has been gradually building up its strength and rallying other regimes to strengthen authoritarianism.
https://twitter.com/malaymail/status/1367860501586313224
If this continues, democracy will be confined to a small group of countries in the @EU_Commission and a few others, and will face political and economic threats from authoritarian regimes which will work together to sideline democracies.
As it is, China and Myanmar are taking advantage of international paralysis at the @UN, @EU_Commission, @StateDept and others to persecute citizens, Hong Kong, Uyghurs etc. And democracies are at a loss at what to do after having surrendered their power for decades.
Even Singapore, the darling of @EU_Commission countries for its 'soft' authoritarian approach, is also being embolden by regional authoritarian regimes like China. Independent media @NewNaratif founder @pjthum was suddenly hauled to the police station for investigations today.
Democracies like those in the @EU_Commission, @CanadaFP and @StateDept need to reflect on how serious they are in this democracy business, and how they are willing to protect its development. Should we only protect democracy in our own countries and give up that of others?
Should democracies continue to perpetuate inequality internally & thus discrimination by allowing neoliberal capitalism to split their societies apart, and allow big businesses to lobby for capital power, thereby weakening communities, and thereby eroding democratic development?
At this very important juncture in human history, we need to ask very important questions while democracies like @EU_Commission still have the economic power to make a stand. If we believe democracy is good for humanity, what strategies do we need to develop now to contain China?
Do we believe we can avoid war by placating authoritarian regimes, or are we actually emboldening them, pushing the problem down the road, allowing them to organize and collectively resist democracy very soon? What effective ways can we develop to contain authoritarian China?
How do we prevent China from buying over interests in developing countries? How should democracies like @EU_Commission and @StateDept truly invest in sustainable growth and participatory development in developing countries with an aim to empower their citizens, ...
... so that citizens in developing countries can be empowered in transparent and accountable manners, and be able to resist the spread of authoritarianism? Democracies like @EU_Commission now need to take foreign relations in supporting democracy seriously.
China has tried to buy over allegiances and reduce support of developing countries toward democracies. One strategy should be to stop China’s influence by raising awareness of the pitfalls of China's 'aid' & to coordinate among democracies like @EU_Commission to reinvest in ...
... supporting developing countries with an aim to build trust & empower citizens. This might mean democracies asking some hard questions, about whether discriminatory attitudes are still taken toward developing countries, whether democratic development is being curtailed ...
... by neoliberal and crony capitalistic practices within democracies themselves, so that the foundations of democratic development can be strengthened globally. I think if democracies take a step out of their comfort zones and actually look at developments elsewhere, ...
... the question is whether with current economic globalization, whether democracies can protect their own contained democratic development while the rest of the world sink further into authoritarianism? I don't quite think democracies can exist in their bubble.
There needs to be stronger action to stop the military coup in Myanmar are to contain CCP, if anything, to protect the national security interests of democracies.
#WhatsHappeningInMyanmar
#SolidarityWithMyanmar
#StandWithMyanmar
#StandWithHongKong
#MilkTeaAlliance
#WhatsHappeningInMyanmar
#SolidarityWithMyanmar
#StandWithMyanmar
#StandWithHongKong
#MilkTeaAlliance
Democracies like @EU_Commission and @StateDept need to acknowledge that if they allow neoliberalism or inequality or whatsoever to allow their democratic credibility to decline, that this emboldens the development of authoritarianism, and weakens global security.
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